Qualifications and standards

Music - annotated exemplars

Level 1

Exemplars of student work or expected student responses have been developed for the standards listed below that have been identified by the Ministry of Education as new or significantly changed:

AS91090 - Perform two pieces of music as a featured soloist (1.1)
AS91095 - Demonstrate knowledge of two music works from contrasting contexts (1.6A) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE A
AS91095 - Demonstrate knowledge of two music works from contrasting contexts (1.6B) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE B

Listed below are exemplars of student work that may be useful when assessing against other Level 1 standards currently in use:

AS90013 - Perform music as a member of group (1.2 v3) (May be useful for assessing against AS91091- Demonstrate ensemble skills through performing a piece of music as a member of a group)
AS91092 - Compose two original pieces of music

Level 2

Exemplars of student work or expected student responses have been developed for the standards listed below that have been identified by the Ministry of Education as new or significantly changed:

AS91270 - Perform two substantial pieces of music as a featured soloist (2.1A) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE A
AS91270 - Perform two substantial pieces of music as a featured soloist (2.1B) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE B
AS91271 - Compose two substantial pieces of music (2.4A) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE A
AS91271 - Compose two substantial pieces of music (2.4B) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE B
AS91272 - Demonstrate ensemble skills by performing a substantial piece of music as a member of a group (2.3A) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE A
AS91272 - Demonstrate ensemble skills by performing a substantial piece of music as a member of a group (2.3B) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE B
AS91273 - Devise an instrumentation for an ensemble (2.8A) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE A
AS91273 - Devise an instrumentation for an ensemble (2.8B) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE B
AS91274 - Perform a substantial piece of music as a featured soloist on a second instrument - (2.2A) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE A
AS91274 - Perform a substantial piece of music as a featured soloist on a second instrument - (2.2B) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE B
AS91278 - Investigate an aspect of New Zealand music (2.9A) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE A
AS91278 - Investigate an aspect of New Zealand music (2.9B) - ASSESSMENT RESOURCE B

Listed below are exemplars of student work that may be useful when assessing against other Level 2 standards currently in use:

AS90264 - Present contrasting performances as a featured soloist (2.1 v2)
AS90265 - Present a music performance as a member of a group (2.2 v1)
AS90266 - Compose effective pieces of music (2.3 v2)
AS90267 - Create an instrumentation (2.4 v2)
AS90270 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of music works (2.7 v2)

Level 3

AS90497 - Examine the contexts that influence the expressive qualities of music
AS90499 - Research and present a music topic (3.4 v2)
AS90526 - Present a music performance as a member of a group (3.1 v2)
AS90527 - Arrange music (3.2 v 2)
AS90775 - Present a portfolio of musical composition (3.6 v1)
AS90776 - Prepare and present performances of music as a featured soloist (3.7)